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Owen-style mailbox
Object Details
- Description
- Postmaster for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1906-1914, David C. Owen designed this style of mailbox as an alternative to the Van Dorn box, which was considered unsightly by many urban patrons, who found the boxes out of harmony with electric light posts.
- This Owen-style mailbox was produced by the Danville Stove and Manufacturing Company of Danville, Pennsylvania. The company, established in 1882, produced cast iron boxes for the Post Office Department. Production ceased by the 1940s.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- 1986.0759.1
- Maker
- Danville Stove and Manufacturing Company
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- metal; paint (dark green)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 20 × 12 × 8 3/4 in. (50.8 × 30.48 × 22.23 cm)
- Place
- Pennsylvania
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- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1986.0759.1
- Usage
- Not determined
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